Lasting-tool



(No Model.)

N0. 364,064. j Patented May 31, 1887-.

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UNITED STATES I PATENT O FICE. 7

JAMES I. "war, on HORNSBOROUGH, soUTH, CAROLINA.

LASTING-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,064, dated May 31,1887.

Application filed October 11, 1886. Serial No. 215,949. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMEs I. VrcK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hornsborough, in the county of Chesterfield and.

will be more fully described hereinafter,whereby a spring-actuatedhammer is connected to the pinchers and operated by a lever which ispivoted directly to thepinchers.

Figure 1 is aside elevation of an implement embodying my invention. Fig.2 is an end view of the same.

A represents the pinchers, having their jaws shaped, as shown, so asto'catch hold of the upper which is to be drawn into position. Formedupon the upper handle is an arm or irojection, B, to which one end ofthe spring 0 is fastened. Pivoted upon the pinchers is theoperating-lever D, the lower end of which forms the handle, which iseither grasped by fingers of the hand in which the pinchers are held, orwhich is operated by being pressed downward against the surface'of theboot or shoe which is being operated upon. Through the upper end of thislever is formed an open- -ing through which the pinchers pass. By

having this opening through the lever it is held in position and bracedby the sides of the pinchers, so as to always move in a line therewith,and thus never bring any undue strain to bear upon its pivot. Theupperend of the lever projects any suitable distance above the pinchers, andis pivoted to the upper end of the hammer G, to which the front end ofthe spring is fastened. This spring and lever sup port and hold thehammer in position, so that its lower end hangs downward below the jawsof the pinchers, as shown. In this hammer is also formed an opening forthe jaws of the pinchers to pass through, as shown in Fig. 2, so thatthe hammer is guided back and forth in its movements by the jaws of thepinchers.

When the end of the leverD is raised upward, as shown in dotted lines,the hammer G is moved forward just under the jaws of the pinchers, whereit is in the most convenient position for driving tacks, hammering theleather, and other such purposes. this position the jaws are heldclosed; but when the handle of the lever is released the spring retractsthe hammer into the position showninsolid lines in Fig. l, whereit isout While in j of the way while the pinchers are being'used.

' I JAMES L VICKI.

\Vitnesses:

J. A. Evans, W. A. Evans.

